Shloka 8

देवैर्विष्णोः शरणागमनम्—शिवलिङ्गस्थापनं, शिवसहस्रनामस्तवः, सुदर्शनचक्रप्रदानं च

Devanagari script

भगवन्देवदेवेश विष्णो जिष्णो जनार्दन दानवैः पीडिताः सर्वे वयं शरणमागताः

Transliteration

bhagavandevadeveśa viṣṇo jiṣṇo janārdana dānavaiḥ pīḍitāḥ sarve vayaṃ śaraṇamāgatāḥ

Translation

«Ô Seigneur Bienheureux, Seigneur des dieux—ô Viṣṇu, Jişṇu l’invincible, Janārdana—opprimés par les Dānavas, nous sommes tous venus chercher refuge auprès de toi.»

Word by Word

• भगवन्: O Blessed Lord

• देवदेवेश: Lord of the lords of the gods

• विष्णो: O Viṣṇu

• जिष्णो: O Unconquered One

• जनार्दन: O Janārdana (protector and chastiser of the wicked)

• दानवैः: by the Dānavas (Daityas/demonic clans)

• पीडिताः: tormented/oppressed

• सर्वे: all

• वयम्: we

• शरणम्: refuge/shelter

• आगताः: have come/arrived

Speaker

The Devas (gods), petitioning Vishnu for protection (as framed within Suta's narration)